THE OFFICIAL PARTY GOING ABOARD THE COMMODORE'S BARGE, AT THE BOOM JETTY. THEY ARE THEN TAKEN OUT ...

Accession Number 055921
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker McInnes, Geoffrey
Place made Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin
Date made 2 August 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

THE OFFICIAL PARTY GOING ABOARD THE COMMODORE'S BARGE, AT THE BOOM JETTY. THEY ARE THEN TAKEN OUT TO HMAS "KOOKABURRA" (FLYING HIS EXCELLENCY'S FLAG), PAST WHICH ALL NAVAL VESSELS WILL STEAM IN "LINE AHEAD". SHOWN ARE:- THE HONOURABLE MR C. L. A. ABBOTT, THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATOR; COMMODORE A. R. HALFHIDE CBE, ROYAL NAVY; HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GOWRIE VC PC GCMG CB DSO AND BAR.